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Roman Storm, the developer of the Tornado Cash crypto mixer, will be tried in July.

16 May 2025 1 minute read 2 comments Evtuoil

Roman Storm, the developer of the Tornado Cash crypto mixer, will appear in court in July. According to a letter sent to the judge by U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, Storm will be charged with several of the previously announced charges, and it was decide...

In The World Of Crypto - 21 MAR 2025

22 Mar 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Myxoplixx

Greetings crypto-fam, let's dive in. First up, the big breaking news rocking the crypto sphere today is the U.S. Treasury’s move to drop Tornado Cash from its sanctions list. Yep, you heard that right, the crypto mixer that’s been a hot potato for r...

Crypto Weekly Recap: Tornado Cash Dev Sentenced; Circle Prepares for IPO; 1M+ New Tokens Launched; and More (May 12–18, 2024)

19 May 2024 3 minute read 0 comments MelegaSwap

Despite a relative lull in the global crypto market, Bitcoin (BTC) surged above $67,000 this week. In contrast, memecoins dominated the charts in the last few days, with Floki, Pepe, Bonk, Shiba Inu, and others leading the way. Notably, PEPE hit a ne...

Crypto Security in 2023: Dissecting Hacks, Exploits, and other Security Insights

20 Oct 2023 2 minute read 1 comment ulriklykke

Security remains one of the biggest challenges in the digital asset industry; In 2022 alone, the total value of crypto stolen through hacks amounted to $3.8 billion. While this figure is down 77% as of June 2023 compared to the same period last year,...

Jimbos Protocol’s attacker launders $7.5 million with Tornado Cash

11 Sep 2023 1 minute read 0 comments Coinpaper

Yesterday, blockchain analytics firm PeckShield reported that all $7.5 million stolen from Jimbos Protocol on May 28 was washed via popular cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash.   At first, the team behind Jimbos Protocol hoped to cooperate with the h...

Outrage in the Crypto World Over Lawsuits Against Tornado Cash Co-Founders

24 Aug 2023 1 minute read 4 comments Yugocean

     The US Department of Justice and the Department of Treasury charged Tornado Cash's co-founders, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov, with lawsuits in SDNY court, bringing uphue in the crypto world. Tornado cash crackdown      The US government charg...

“War on privacy”: MakerDAO blocks VPN users to cut off US residents

7 Aug 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Coinpaper

MakerDAO bans VPN use to steer clear of legal trouble with the US government, triggering criticism from the crypto community. MakerDAO sparked a backlash from the crypto community with its VPN ban. In terms of service for Spark Protocol, its new lend...

My Take on the Tornado Cash Hack: A Wake-Up Call for DeFi Governance

22 May 2023 2 minute read 2 comments Bfab

Today, I would to discuss an incident that has sent shockwaves through the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. As many of you may have already heard, Tornado Cash, a prominent crypto mixer, recently fell victim to a hacker who gained control over its...

After 1 decade of Bitcoin, we "finally" have our first Bitcoin-blowtorch hostage situation

3 Dec 2022 1 minute read 3 comments Kovichni

Bizarre news from Moscow as a millionaire was taken hostage and forced to give up his Bitcoin wallet password. Andrey Lifanov was in his car as a van suddenly showed up and three masked men jumped out, handcuffed him with a bag over his head and took...

OMG!!! Ethereum's Censorship resistant nature is under threat now !!

19 Oct 2022 3 minute read 2 comments Greenchic

  Ethereum Blockchain’s censorship resistance is now threatened by certain MEV-boost relays (especially Flashbots) Ethereum’s base layer is already censorship prone and this is not due to big validators holding majority of ETH stake, it’s because...